KOC Recruiter Briefing
KOC terms services – Project Brief
Fluor is about to announce that it has been selected by Kuwait
Oil Company, a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, to
provide comprehensive consulting services, specializing in
project management, in support of KOC's capital-expenditure
program that will help KOC reach its business objectives of
reaching optimum oil field capacity and enhancing its facilities
to international standards by 2020. This will be a 5 year
extension to the Frame work they have held since 2003 and is a
reimbursable project worth around $500m
This is essentially a PMC contract that will involve Fluor
providing Project Management expertise in various discrete
projects relating to the construction of new facilities and
upgrading of existing facilities are broad-based and include
project management, coordination, planning, front-end design,
engineering, contracting, procurement, project controls,
construction management and training of KOC project staff.
There is a huge range in the project values from $300k to
upgrade small elements of the complex up to the PMC of very
large EPC type projects of $500m+. The very large EPC and FEED
projects will be executed in Fluor's office in Farnborough. The
PMC team will be responsible for running all of their issued
projects in parallel that requires employees who can truly multi
task.
In this tender KOC have decided to award 4 PMC projects with
Fluor, WP, AMEC and Technip all taking an equal share of the
projects that KOC have planned over the next 5 years. All 4 PMC
teams will be based in the KOC headquarters in Ahmadi, Kuwait in
what will be a truly integrated team with PMC and KOC employees
all working together in the engineering office. Ahmadi is not the
usual site based facility; this is a modern office block in the oil town
of Ahmadi which had the appearance of a typical British garrison
town, with thousands of trees lining streets of pleasant bungalows.
The office itself is well appointed and has a typical engineering
layout, not dissimilar to the Fluor office we are all familiar with.
Dress code is smart, with all senior Western employees wearing
ties. Do not confuse this project with a high pressure construction
site with hard hats and boots; the environment is much closer
related to a Fluor engineering office
KOC – The Fluor Project team current and future mix
Obviously the PMC team needs to grow and contract to reflect the
volume of projects KOC provide to Fluor. There is a core team that
is supplemented with additional resources as the project needs
arise. In the previous framework Fluor subcontracted much of the
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KEY Facts:
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KOC has selected Fluor to provide
Project Management Consultancy
(PMC) services to ensure facility
projects can provide optimum
capacity by 2020.
The PMC team will be based in
Ahmadi, Kuwait. KOC’s
engineering office. The team is to
be fully integrated with KOC
employees.
Ahmadi is a pleasant oil town and
the KOC offices are modern.
Working environment is Western
Fluor style engineering office.
Dress code smart, senior
managers wear ties.
KEY Project Team Facts
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The PMC team requirements are
to be staffed
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Fluor Direct Hire (Full Time employees on
assignment) 5%
TRS Western Contractors 12%
TRS Eastern Contactors 15%
Kuwaiti Engineering Staff 15%
Kentz 52%
TRS content could grow 80 plus
personnel.
TRS have sole responsibility to
identify qualified candidates for
replacements and new needs.
Suitable candidates will be
Western (see table of
nationalities) or Eastern (all other
nationalities).
Birth Cert. Or passport used to
determine nationality.
Pay packages differ significantly
between the two categories.
Be clear on the differences
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manpower supply to Kentz who had as much as 70% of the total ‘Fluor’ headcount during the previous
contracts. Under the new bid that TRS have been included in there is a different commercial mix proposed that
will reduce the overall cost of the project team that now looks like this
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Fluor Direct Hire (Full Time employees on assignment) 5%
TRS Western Contractors 12%
TRS Eastern Contactors 15%
Kuwaiti Engineering Staff 15%
Kentz 52%
Currently the project team number around 180, early estimates look as if this may grow as high as 300 at
staffing peak that will give TRS a workforce of around 80 just on growth alone.
Many of the existing team have been in Kuwait for 6 or 7 years and are either looking to return home or have
reached the age of mandatory retirement in Kuwait and need to be replaced. TRS now have SOLE
RESPONSIBILTY for making sure we find sufficiently qualified candidates.
Nationality of Candidates for KOC Project
The KOC project has an extremely diverse work worse and we will need to source candidates from all over the
world to meet the projects needs. There are 2 different categories of workers we will deal with Western
Candidates and Eastern (OCN) Candidates. Western Candidates are defined as those with birth certificates or
passports that can prove one of the following nationalities
Austria
Australia
Netherlands
Hungary
Belgium
New Zealand
Poland
Ireland
Bulgaria
United States
Portugal
Italy
Cyprus
Canada
Romania
Latvia
Czech Republic
Norway
Slovakia
Lithuania
Denmark
Switzerland
Slovenia
Luxembourg
Estonia
South Africa
Spain
Malta
Finland
Kazakhstan
Sweden
United Kingdom
France
Brazil
Greece
Japan
Germany
Venezuela
Eastern candidates will originate from any other country in the world (with a likely heavy emphasis on Indian
and Pilipino candidates). There is quite a difference in the packages on offer so please make sure you are clear
on this point before talking salary with potential candidates. Regardless of nationality all candidates must
adhere to the very strict client criteria if they are to be approved by KOC to be hired
KOC PAF requirements
KOC has very strict PAF requirements for anyone joining the project and reserves the right to reject any
candidates that does not match their criteria. This is generally based on the following.
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CRITERA
QUALIFICATION
1.
MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
BSC/B.Eng
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TOTAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE IN YEARS
10 years
3.
TOTAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE IN OIL & GAS /REFINERY/PETROCHEMICAL
INDUSTRY IN YEARS
MIMIMUM EXPERIENCE IN RELATED DESIGNATION / SPECIALITY IN YEARS
10 years
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MINIMUM HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN SOFTWARE FOR THE AUTOMATION OF
THE RESPECTIVE SPECIALITY
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FLUOR EXPERINCE
Certain positions carry higher requirements than others, but as a
general guide EVERY candidate must have a recognised technical
degree and at least 10 years industry experience. Fluor experience
will always be a massive advantage as should cut down the
recruitment and approval process massively so please try to identify
this is your local regions as the starting point.
ALWAYS A
BONUS
KEY Candidate must haves
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Recognised technical degree
10 years industry experience
Fluor experience is an advantage
and starting point for your search.
KOC – Package Details
Unlike most other Fluor projects which still follow the base salary + assignment conditions model, the TRS
model is far simpler with an hourly rate agreed for all hours worked that includes the following
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Basic Salary
Housing Allowance (depending on grade and nationality)
Flight Allowance (depending on point of orgin)
What this means for the candidate is that they have total flexibility
on how much they spend on housing and travel, and if they choose
to live in more modest accommodation and book cheap tickets to
return home they can maximise their earnings. It is very important
to stress that we only offer Single Status deals. If a contractor
decides he wishes to bring his family with him, the costs for
mobilising and looking after his family will be entirely at his account.
What does Fluor/TRS Provide?
Although we expect each contractor to find and arrange their own
housing and to book and pay for their own R&R flights there are
plenty of people on the project (including the TRS VOP) who will be
able to assist and advise new contractors the best way to orientate
themselves when they arrive.
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Tax free earnings
30 days paid leave
+/- 15 local holidays
Transportation provided (Car)
Mobile Phone provided
Max 21 days of temporary housing (possibly shared) + 11KD
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KEY Package elements
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Single status assignment only
Package is basic salary + housing
allowance + flight allowance
 Contractor can utilise allowances
to suit their own personal
preferences.
 No payments are available for
family members
KEY Package elements
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Tax free earnings
30 days paid leave
+/- 15 local holidays
Transportation provided (Car)
Mobile Phone provided
Max 21 days of temporary housing
(possibly shared) + 11KD daily per
diem
 Local Health Insurance provided by
company (to employee only)
 Economy Mobilisation and
Demobilisation flights
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daily per diem
Local Health Insurance provided by company (to employee only)
Economy Mobilisation and Demobilisation flights
We have set pay rates in the contract so when we advise of new requirements we will be able to provide a
detailed breakdown of the package on offer along with the job description and the KOC PAF requirements.
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